Evercore (EVR) Competitors

Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts prefer EVR or AMP?

Evercore presently has a consensus price target of $284.29, suggesting a potential downside of 9.00%. Ameriprise Financial has a consensus price target of $534.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.54%. Given Ameriprise Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ameriprise Financial is more favorable than Evercore.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evercore	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Ameriprise Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has more volatility and risk, EVR or AMP?

Evercore has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameriprise Financial has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVR or AMP a better dividend stock?

Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ameriprise Financial pays an annual dividend of $6.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Evercore pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameriprise Financial pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evercore has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Ameriprise Financial has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Ameriprise Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EVR or AMP?

86.2% of Evercore shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of Evercore shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ameriprise Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, EVR or AMP?

Ameriprise Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Evercore. Ameriprise Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evercore	$2.98B	4.05	$378.28M	$11.00	28.40
Ameriprise Financial	$17.26B	2.77	$3.40B	$32.14	15.76

Is EVR or AMP more profitable?

Ameriprise Financial has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Evercore's net margin of 14.22%. Ameriprise Financial's return on equity of 65.90% beat Evercore's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evercore	14.22%	27.29%	13.72%
Ameriprise Financial	18.30%	65.90%	2.02%

Does the media favor EVR or AMP?

In the previous week, Ameriprise Financial had 25 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ameriprise Financial and 1 mentions for Evercore. Ameriprise Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Evercore's score of 0.91 indicating that Ameriprise Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evercore	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ameriprise Financial	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ameriprise Financial beats Evercore on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.